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8pen keyboard updated, is now free

I've been using the keyboard since they released it. At this point I do have most of the keys memorized, the hardest part is getting the arcs right. So there are some mistakes made. but no where near a qewerty keyboard.
At this point swype still twice as fast for me, do to it's predictive text, but with swype I must keep my eyes on the keyboard in order to type. Not so with 8pen one can truly blind type. . . simply amazing and once the predictive text get better I will kick all of the competition's butt.

Its a creative idea but not very practical for our current keyboarding market. I took the time to learn how to make the gestures and I get it, its kinda natural now. However I don't want to have to learn a new keyboard layout. Has anyone made a Dvorak keyboard that uses swiping motions? I know Dvorak.

As one of the early adopters, I still really like it - it's especially good on the tiny screen of my x10 mini (where there really isn't room for a proper qwerty keyboard)

My biggest annoyance is all the 1* ratings in the market from people who really can't be bothered to learn how to use it. People need to remember that there's nothing natural about a qwerty key layout either, and most typed very slowly when they were learning to type.

This is a set back for all keyboards. Swype blows 8pen away. As soon as Swype inc and htc get their sh*t together and releases a keyboard with mic on it for the Evo it will be the ultimate input method.

Still trying it. It is clearly going to take some getting used to. I do like the ability to pre set simple gestures to automatically be things. If there are things you type all the time, that will help a ton.

wasn't going to pay for it, but now that its free i tried it...utterly retarded...
why would i want to make a gesture to type a single letter, when I can make a gesture to type an entire word (Swype)?!?!

that was awesome.. it's free.. which gave me the incentive to install it.. it sucks.. which gave me the incentive to uninstall it (within 5 minutes).. Logically there's no way this method of input can be quicker or more intuitive than Swype. Give up.

I just caved to the curiosity and bought it yesterday. I swear I'm still within 24 hours, but I don't seem to have the "uninstall and refund" option anymore. Maybe the UI doesn't expect to need that button on free apps. at least it was only $1.50 or something

Awesome that they listened to us and made it free. Especially for such a radical new way of keyboarding. If it really takes off and people end up loving it, I could see them charging for it in the future, but not now in the initial releases.